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Tuesday, 15 August 2017

How are you getting on with the Dog Days of Summer individual challenge?

Dog Days Challenge

August 1–28

Complete the Dog Days of Summer challenge by finishing each of the following four distance goals in the timeframes indicated and log them in your online logbook:

Week 1, Aug. 1–7: 10,000 meters

Week 2, Aug. 8–14: 20,000 meters

Week 3, Aug. 15–21: 30,000 meters

Week 4, Aug. 22–28: 40,000 meters

Distances are cumulative (you don't have to complete 10,000 metres in one sitting, for instance), and all metres—rowing or skiing, indoors or out—count. Plus, this year, we've added an optional level for kids and adaptive athletes.

I have to confess a holiday in San Francisco and time spent on the turbo trainer at home has meant my efforts in this challenge have been pretty slack! On a positive note the cross-training effects of hiking, biking and boxing classes should have me fighting fit for the upcoming Fall Team Challenge in September.

The August Cross Team Challenge a 'Bolt from the Blue' set by Fitness Matters is a speedy 200 metres unrestricted row. A simple and effective session that you can tag on the end of a mid-length row after a good warm-up.

Thanks to the following team mates we have already floated our first boat into the points rankings:

826 pts

Empty the Tanks I

0:44.4

Kenneth Murdoch (H)
Mike Bode (H)
Rob Drury (L)

SophiaMichael (L)
Caroline Joynson (F)

Have you rowed anywhere exotic this summer?Are you still rowing in the garage because the weather is freezing where you live?

Sunday, 16 July 2017

Jim Moldenhauer from Wisconsin, USA has been a long-standing dedicated ETT member. Last week he e-mailed me to say he was in the UK for a holiday with his wife for a few days. He actually visited London last summer but our schedules did not work out. Luckily, today we managed a quick catch up this morning at the Imperial War Museum!

We met outside the museum and when the doors open at 10.00am we headed straight for the cafe to grab a cuppa and had a great chat. It felt very fitting that our Empty The Tanks team mate photo was in front of a tank!

Sunday, 18 June 2017

Who is going to celebrate the Summer Solstice by rowing 21,000 metres on Wednesday?
You don't need to row all the metres in one go but split it into more manageable chinks. The other alternative is you row 21,097 metres and qualify for a half marathon!

Sunday, 16 April 2017

After 32 days of competition for the World Erg Challenge we have finished in 19th place out of 347 teams which places us in the top 5% of world-wide teams.

We finished in 2nd place for virtual teams with 21-50 team members!

We collectively rowed 4,757,654 metres which is 2,956 miles (or 4,757 kilometres).
To put that into perspective, it is the equivalent distance from London to Nigeria!

Or from New York to the Yukon Territory in Canada!

Individual achievements are as follows:

Preston impressed us all with his unrelenting mission to stay in first place with 600k. Nice one. You deserve a rest today!

In second place Bill S hit an awesome 471k, closely followed by Ken M with 426k in third place. Excellent work guys you are the only members of the 400k club!

Steve C had a memorable return to the team with 323k and a fourth place position in the individual standings! Well done.

Tomasz rowed into fifth place with 284k and Kim retained her top ETT female credentials with 275k. Mike B achieved 5 million lifetime metres during the WEC with 202k! Andy S and Allan H both rowed 200k and are the final members of the 200k club this challenge!

Caroline is the 10th team mate with 138k, followed by a brilliant bunch of team mates including; David G with 122k, Mike F with 119k, Joe S with 117k, Edward J with 108k, Evan with 107k and Leslie with 105k.

Emma, Jurjen and Todor almost made it into the 100k club this challenge with a decent meterage of 94k, 88k, and 82k respectively.

Thank you to those who have rowed metres and the encouraging comments on the blog or Facebook page. Empty the Tanks wouldn't be the open, honest and friendly place it is without you all contributing to make it such a fantastic team!

You all get to rest a little bit as the next team challenge does not start until 15th September 2017 until 15th October 2017. Until then you have the Cross Team Challenges, Individual Challenges and a whole host of other rowing events to keep you out of mischief!

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

It's the final week and with only three more days of competition can we sneak up to 17th place in the rankings?
We are currently in 18th place out of 346 world-wide teams, this places us in the top 5%.
If you compare us with other virtual teams with 21-50 members we are in 2nd place!

Not bad for 39 ergers rowing an average of 100k each!

I will do a full round up of individual achievements on the final day of the World Erg Challenge, Saturday 15th April. For those of you who observe Easter you will be able to have an awesome Sunday lunch with extra dessert to celebrate!Will our top ten change in the next three days?

In last months challenge seven team mates rowed the 5142 metres for the Bob Spenger Memorial Row and we managed to float one boat in the points rankings. A big thank you to Epsom, Joe, Ken, Bill, Mark and Rob for entering the March CTC!

Wednesday, 29 March 2017

In fourteen days we have rowed an impressive 2,472,244 metres which is an average of 63k each.
We are in 18th place out of 333 world-wide teams and we are in 2nd place if you compare ourselves with virtual teams with 21-50 team members!

Our top ten team mates have been smashing it on the erg this week! Let's check out their metres:

We have 39 team mates signed up to this challenge and we could always do with a few more metres so see if you can encourage some family or friends to join us in our mission to reach the top 3% of world-wide erg teams!

Empty the Tanks est. 2009

Empty the Tanks is a world-wide indoor rowing team with over 70 indoor rowers from USA, Canada, Belgium, New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Germany, Brazil, Kuwait and the UK.The next team challenge is the Fall Team Challenge 15th September 2017 until 15th October 2017.

How to join Empty the Tanks, sign up for the CTC & C2 Series Challenges

How to join Empty the TanksIf you want to join the virtual rowing team, you will need to get an online logbook on the C2 websiteGo to the new users section and enter your details.Once you have logged on, go to your profileand affiliate yourself with Empty the tanks.If you want to join the team challenges, go to the teams tab and it will give you an option to join the current / up-coming challenge - just click it to join.http://www.concept2.com/sranking03/log_start.asp?action=logout

How to join a CTC challengeGo to the Cross Team Challenge website and go to the add new members section in the top right hand corner. Add your details (Name, age, weight category, select Empty the Tanks team - you will also need to create a password).Once you are registered, return to the main page and then select your name from the list, enter your password and enter your time - click the how good am I button.http://www.c2ctc.com/

Get involved in the C2 Challenge Series

Go to the Concept 2 website and click on the 'Motivation' tab.

You will need to set up an online profile to join in the monthly challenges. The challenges start in September and run through to May and if you contribute to all challenges you are eligible for a range of prizes.